Fire near Sulawesi du Sud-Est (ID)
3.07°S, 121.92°E · first detected on 18 October at 18:48
What the satellites measured
This fire was tracked from 18 October at 18:48 to 21 October at 20:11, that is 3 days, through 210 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 1,770 ha.
- Detected extent
- 1,770 ha
- Cumulative power
- 2,716 MW
- Peak power, one pixel
- 309 MW
- VIIRS and MODIS detections
- 210
- Estimated emissions
- 15.9 kt of carbon
- Carbon burnt in the 0.1 degree cells (about 10 km) around the fire, from 18 October 2026 to 21 October 2026. An order-of-magnitude estimate from GFAS (ECMWF, Copernicus CAMS): it also counts neighbouring fires in the same cell. Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information (2026).
These four figures cover the polar orbits alone, the ones that measure an area. The pass table below also counts geostationary detections, more frequent but too coarse for geometry, and its power column sums a whole pass where the peak above is that of a single pixel.
“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a pixel counts in full (375 m for VIIRS, 1 km for MODIS) even when only a forest edge is burning. Compared with press figures it is in practice one and a half to three times the area reported. Detections taken at the edge of the scan swath, too coarse to measure anything at all, are excluded. These figures come from thermal detection and are not an official assessment: only the emergency services and the competent authorities are authoritative.
Replay how the fire spread
The map is framed on this fire's footprint and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the period in which satellites saw it, from the first to the last detection, with twelve hours before and twenty-four after; the ticks on the bar mark the emergency services' announcements that fall within it. The cursor opens on the most powerful pass, and playback replays the whole fire in about thirty seconds. “1 h” shows what is burning within an hour of the chosen moment : the map then follows the power curve below and empties when it falls. “24 h” stacks twenty-four hours : a fire stays visible between two satellite passes, which come two to four times a day. Both are true, but they say different things.
How the radiative power evolved
One point per satellite pass: the sum of the fire radiative power measured over the fire. This is the curve that says whether the fire eased off or picked up again, which no cumulative figure shows. The window covers 6 days; beyond that, clustering would merge two successive fires in the same place.
Fire dynamics
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Satellite passes in detail
| Pass | Power summed over the pass | Detections | Sensor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October at 07:27 | 75 MW | 10 | N20 |
| 21 October at 20:11 | 5 MW | 3 | N |
| 21 October at 19:32 | 5 MW | 3 | N21 |
| 21 October at 18:48 | 9 MW | 8 | N20 |
| 21 October at 15:05 | 14 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 14:55 | 17 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 14:45 | 16 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 11:05 | 21 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 10:55 | 18 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 10:45 | 22 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 10:35 | 26 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 10:25 | 25 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 10:15 | 53 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 10:05 | 54 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 09:55 | 67 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 09:45 | 78 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 09:35 | 81 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 09:25 | 64 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 09:15 | 52 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 09:09 | 112 MW | 2 | Aqua |
| 21 October at 09:05 | 64 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 08:55 | 59 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 08:45 | 45 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 21 October at 07:46 | 125 MW | 24 | N20 |
| 21 October at 07:25 | 89 MW | 16 | N |
| 21 October at 06:49 | 103 MW | 14 | N21 |
| 20 October at 19:52 | 29 MW | 14 | N21 |
| 20 October at 19:07 | 138 MW | 37 | N20 |
| 20 October at 18:48 | 54 MW | 14 | N |
| 20 October at 15:55 | 176 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 15:45 | 165 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 15:35 | 162 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 15:25 | 132 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 15:15 | 170 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 15:05 | 59 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 14:55 | 129 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 14:45 | 180 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 14:42 | 171 MW | 6 | Terra |
| 20 October at 14:35 | 164 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 14:25 | 114 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 14:15 | 92 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 14:05 | 164 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 13:55 | 195 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 13:45 | 119 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 13:35 | 144 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 13:25 | 124 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 13:15 | 187 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 13:05 | 133 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 12:55 | 228 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 12:45 | 78 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 12:35 | 272 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 12:25 | 146 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 12:15 | 316 MW | 5 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 12:05 | 296 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 11:55 | 382 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 11:45 | 540 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 11:35 | 712 MW | 6 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 11:25 | 790 MW | 5 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 11:15 | 909 MW | 8 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 11:05 | 819 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 10:55 | 709 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 10:45 | 801 MW | 7 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 10:35 | 797 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 10:25 | 880 MW | 5 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 10:15 | 711 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 10:05 | 994 MW | 7 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 09:55 | 947 MW | 5 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 09:45 | 803 MW | 5 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 09:35 | 741 MW | 6 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 09:25 | 709 MW | 5 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 09:15 | 676 MW | 5 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 09:05 | 722 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 08:55 | 809 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 08:45 | 905 MW | 5 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 08:35 | 931 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 08:25 | 927 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 08:15 | 1,107 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 08:05 | 800 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 08:05 | 568 MW | 19 | N20 |
| 20 October at 07:55 | 847 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 07:45 | 799 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 07:35 | 736 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 07:08 | 137 MW | 9 | N21 |
| 20 October at 05:55 | 38 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 20 October at 02:24 | 5 MW | 1 | Terra |
| 19 October at 19:26 | 12 MW | 10 | N20 |
| 19 October at 19:05 | 8 MW | 4 | N |
| 19 October at 15:25 | 15 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 14:55 | 16 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 14:25 | 23 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 14:05 | 19 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 14:04 | 73 MW | 3 | Terra |
| 19 October at 13:55 | 24 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 13:45 | 29 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 13:35 | 52 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 13:15 | 42 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 13:05 | 84 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 12:55 | 44 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 12:45 | 89 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 12:35 | 36 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 12:25 | 66 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 12:15 | 22 MW | 1 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 12:05 | 91 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 11:55 | 97 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 11:45 | 116 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 11:35 | 101 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 11:25 | 151 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 11:15 | 135 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 11:05 | 200 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 10:55 | 225 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 10:45 | 271 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 10:35 | 257 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 10:25 | 304 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 10:15 | 283 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 10:05 | 305 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 09:55 | 282 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 09:45 | 281 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 09:35 | 400 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 09:29 | 401 MW | 5 | Aqua |
| 19 October at 09:25 | 403 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 09:15 | 440 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 09:05 | 506 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 08:55 | 469 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 08:45 | 542 MW | 5 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 08:25 | 535 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 08:15 | 695 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 08:05 | 877 MW | 4 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 08:03 | 493 MW | 6 | N |
| 19 October at 07:55 | 458 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 07:45 | 335 MW | 3 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 07:35 | 105 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 07:27 | 163 MW | 8 | N21 |
| 19 October at 07:25 | 116 MW | 2 | Him9 |
| 19 October at 06:44 | 12 MW | 2 | N20 |
| 18 October at 18:48 | 5 MW | 2 | N21 |
8 other fires near Sulawesi du Sud-Est (ID)
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